In Pictures: 15 social media scams

From Facebook phishing lures to Twitter and Tumblr hoaxes, here are 15 scams to watch out for on social networking sites.

Tumblr dating game scam

A spam run taking place on Tumblr calls itself the "Tumblr Dating Game." Members receive spam messages that read: "Lol half of your followers are on tumblrdatinggame.com". But the URL in the message took members to a dating website totally unrelated to "Tumblr dating" and instead directed them to an Adult Friend Finder service.

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